1. By: Chelsea Curtis VACCINES: THIMEROSAL’S DANGEROUS LINKS TO AUTISM

2.  Preservative put in many medical products WHAT IS THIMEROSAL?

3.  Type of protein  Used in Lymph Tissue in Vertebrates IMMUNOGLOBULIN PREPARATIONS

4.  Substance used to treat people who had venom injected into their bodies.  Life saving ANTIVENOM

5.  Eye drops OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS

6.  50% Mercury  In most vaccines  To many vaccines given at a young age can affect brain development WHY IS THIMEROSAL SO DANGEROUS?

7.  The dangerous Mercury-based preservative Thimerosal should be removed from vaccines because it clearly causes Autism. THESIS STATEMENT

8.  Most controversial  Required  Protects against Mumps and Measles  Two different doses MUMPS VACCINE

9.  Group of brain developmental disorders  Also called Pervasive Developmental disorder  Can go undetected for years WHAT IS AUTISM

10.  Every Autistic case is different but most common signs are:  Slow speech  Repetitive movements of arms and legs  Frustrated easily  Loud noises bother them  Certain types of lights bother them SIGNS OF AUTISM

11.  Specialist in Autism.  Works for Judson Center  Safe Vaccine schedule SARAH BRETZ

12.  1.5 million people in the U.S have Autism  Growing 10-17% every year  Boys are more common to develop autism  1993-2003 Autism cases found increased by 800%  20 years ago people rarely knew what autism was, now 9 in 10 people have or know someone with autism  Rose from 1 in 5,000 people to 1 in 110 people to develop autism, since Thimerosal was introduced. STATISTICS

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